Nastiness vs Grime - What's the difference?
nastiness | grime |
(uncountable) a lack of cleanliness
(US, uncountable) dirt or filth
(uncountable) indecency or corruption
(countable) an unpleasant or disagreeable action, taste or smell
Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
To begrime; to cake with dirt
* {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Edwin Waugh, title=Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine, chapter=, edition=
, passage=All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Harold Bindloss, title=Lister's Great Adventure, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1918, author=Harold Bindloss, title=The Buccaneer Farmer, chapter=, edition=
, passage=His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.}}
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As nouns the difference between nastiness and grime
is that nastiness is (uncountable) a lack of cleanliness while grime is crumb, bit.nastiness
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(-)citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime .}}
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